What's up with the Vibez? I can not seem to find one in stock anywhere!

The DarkSide

04-08-2008 08:54 AM

Seems all the online retailers have sold off all their stock - sorry I couldn't help!

Piper of Rose

04-10-2008 12:55 PM

Wonder if Trekstor has a problem. No stock for a couple of weeks. Wasn't there a problem with their hard drive?

epithetless

04-10-2008 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Piper of Rose
(Post 236197)

Wonder if Trekstor has a problem. No stock for a couple of weeks. Wasn't there a problem with their hard drive?

Well, sort of...the problem being that the drive's manufacturer (Cornice) folded and the drive is no longer being produced...so the supply of available drives was destined to disappear eventually. The hardware integrity of the existing drives is fine, though.

TrekStor at one point mentioned plans to transition to smaller-capacity flash drives, but a flash-based Vibez has yet to materialize. It's possible that's what this backorder wait is leading to...

The DarkSide

05-02-2008 05:31 PM

If they go flash with the Vibez I'm checkin' em out.

dfkt

05-02-2008 05:39 PM

The flash memory Vibez seems more and more like vaporware, unfortunately...

Rxxdoc

10-08-2008 03:41 PM

I own one. The POS broke after about 3 and 1/2 months. Took 4 months to replace. Stay away from the Vibez. Poor quality. The replacement had a loose screen cover. I am very dissapointed.

rubennyc

10-08-2008 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Rxxdoc
(Post 289688)

I own one. The POS broke after about 3 and 1/2 months. Took 4 months to replace. Stay away from the Vibez. Poor quality. The replacement had a loose screen cover. I am very dissapointed.

Sorry you had such a bad experience, bro. Mine has been running smoothly for over a year and a half. They're not all duds. :D

BTW: I called up the US sales office for TrekStor and the guy there believes they'll be hitting US stores at the end of October.

Rxxdoc

10-09-2008 11:11 AM

I am sure there are good ones, but I am not the only person who has reported a dead hard drive and a loose screen. They have a great product, but lousy quality control. They need to improve quality before I would even consider getting a new Vibez.

My Cowon D2 is just awsome (interface kind of sucks). The sound is just great, and the screen is very tough. No scratches for over 9 months including times I put it in my pocket with pens, change, and other sharp objects.

I was so excited, the Rio Avalon reborn, but while it has good, but weak sound, the quality has been very bad.

The bookmark comment makes no sense. The bookmarking (aka "Sessions") is one of the vibez's best features and remains untouched in all beta firmware versions to date.

caba

10-11-2008 01:22 PM

Hello rubennyc,
i asked trekstor if vibez flash will have possibility of bookmarks - they told no.
Have a nice day

caba

rubennyc

10-11-2008 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by caba
(Post 290771)

Hello rubennyc,
i asked trekstor if vibez flash will have possibility of bookmarks - they told no.
Have a nice day

caba

I firmly believe that person is mistaken. Depending on who you get, you're most likely talking to someone who knows nothing about the player outside of what's included in the online feature list. http://trekstor.de/en/products/detai...?pid=66&page=1 Just a year ago, I know people who called TrekStor asking about gapless playback on the vibez and were told it does not support gapless, which we know is absolutely untrue.

Check out page 60 in the user manual for the feature called "Session". This is identical to the Bookmark feature on the Rio Karma which saves the current entire running playlist and your exact spot in it.

Hope this helps.

dfkt

10-11-2008 02:54 PM

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Bookmarking is supported in a slightly different, but clever way on the Vibez. Bookmarks are called "sessions" - these store the current playlist and the position in the currently played track. Those sessions can be named and - if one wishes to - even updated later on, instead of starting a new session.

Hello again,
well i do hope that trekstor official don`t know their product.
Manual bookmark/session is essential for me, therefore I asked them.
By the way one trekstor pdf says 8,16,32gb - now they told me 4,8,16gb.
Anyway -Thank you
caba

NTolerance

10-14-2008 12:40 PM

I hope the 32GB model is still planned for release.

The DarkSide

10-14-2008 12:44 PM

Unfortunately it's turning into "Vaporware". It was announced a while ago, I gave up on them already.

rubennyc

10-22-2008 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The DarkSide
(Post 291649)

Unfortunately it's turning into "Vaporware". It was announced a while ago, I gave up on them already.